The Gatekeepers
by Jen Lancaster
Book: Stand Alone
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pub Date: October 2017
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Print
Source: Bought
Anyone passing through North Shore, IL, would think this was the most picture-perfect place ever, with all the lakefront mansions and manicured hedges and iron gates. No one talks about the fact that the brilliant, talented kids in this town have a terrible history of throwing themselves in front of commuter trains, and that there's rampant opioid abuse that often leads to heroin usage.
Meet Simone, the bohemian transfer student from London, who is thrust into the strange new reality of the American high school; Mallory, the hyper-competitive queen bee; and Stephen, the first generation genius who struggles with crippling self-doubt. Each one is shocked when lovable football player Braden takes his own life and the tragedy becomes a suicide cluster. With so many students facing their own demons, can they find a way to save each other—as well as themselves?
Inspired by the true events that happened in the author’s home town.
My Review: DNF.
Didn't finish this book. I just couldn't like it. There were too many characters, their story took too long for me to get into. In the end it just wasn't for me.
My Rating:
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